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Post by mgderf on Oct 30, 2019 3:57:13 GMT -5
It's that time of year again.
Soon the nights will be freezing, and if you know what's good for you, you'll go pull your hose before it freezes and bursts a water line.
I get at least one call each spring (sometimes half a dozen calls) about burst water lines due to leaving them hooked up in freezing weather.
So, this is your P.S.A., go pull your hose now, before you forget about it...
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Post by beermaker on Oct 30, 2019 4:51:18 GMT -5
I told my wife to add this to her to do list. She told me to go do it myself, sort of.
My company builds 45-50 new homes per year. We got a call last winter from a guy that went outside to wash his car on a sunny February day. He didn't realize that the water line was busted in the wall and the house suffered significant damage before he went back inside. My plumber was smart enough to save the faucet assembly that clearly showed a "blister" and split running parallel with the copper pipe. The customer threatened to sue and we sent a photo of the pipe to his insurance company. Never heard from either of them again. Even a "freeze proof" faucet is only safe if nothing is left connected to it.
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Post by parrothead on Oct 30, 2019 5:28:55 GMT -5
Hoses are stored in barn. Tiller has been winterized along with pre. washer. Got some mouse poison put in barn. Still need mower to blow/mulch leaves till about first of Dec.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 6:18:26 GMT -5
The hoses are off, but I cut my yard-leaves for the last time last night. Cut right to dark. Not enough time to hose off so that will be my last and then back off. The leaves where blown off so only the underside of the mower deck needs hosing.
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Post by esshup on Oct 30, 2019 7:44:01 GMT -5
I told my wife to add this to her to do list. She told me to go do it myself, sort of. My company builds 45-50 new homes per year. We got a call last winter from a guy that went outside to wash his car on a sunny February day. He didn't realize that the water line was busted in the wall and the house suffered significant damage before he went back inside. My plumber was smart enough to save the faucet assembly that clearly showed a "blister" and split running parallel with the copper pipe. The customer threatened to sue and we sent a photo of the pipe to his insurance company. Never heard from either of them again. Even a "freeze proof" faucet is only safe if nothing is left connected to it. Yes, and even if it's a frost proof faucet, if it is tipped back so the water doesn't run out of it it will still freeze and burst. I don't like the frost proof faucets, too small of an opening to get a lot of water flow. So I have a drain set up and shut-offs inside. I shut off the water, open faucet, remove hose and then open drain to drain out the water. |
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Post by featherduster on Oct 30, 2019 8:35:04 GMT -5
I leave things just the way they are until after I kill my deer and wash it out, them I shut down everything for winter.
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Post by 36fan on Oct 30, 2019 13:39:34 GMT -5
Hoses come off the house, but stay on the yard hydrants...but they are attached to a watering tank for cattle.
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Post by scrub-buster on Oct 30, 2019 14:40:41 GMT -5
I never leave mine hooked to the faucet. I bring them in the garage after I'm done with our deer skull mounts.
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Post by esshup on Oct 31, 2019 23:09:34 GMT -5
I ran around between Moms and here when I got home at 8pm doing just that, yanking hoses, closing valves & opening faucets and drains.
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Post by parrothead on Nov 1, 2019 5:18:21 GMT -5
29 here this morning. I went out last night and picked the last of the Cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes and about 50 bell peppers
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Post by esshup on Nov 1, 2019 13:23:50 GMT -5
23°F here this morning
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Post by span870 on Nov 7, 2019 6:05:16 GMT -5
Got me to thinking. Every year I have to replace the outside faucet from the well pump that goes to the barn because it's burst. Last night I decided this year it's not going to happen. Drained the pump and all the air out of the hoses and went to remove the hose from the faucet. Yep. Broke it.
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Post by esshup on Nov 7, 2019 8:33:54 GMT -5
Got me to thinking. Every year I have to replace the outside faucet from the well pump that goes to the barn because it's burst. Last night I decided this year it's not going to happen. Drained the pump and all the air out of the hoses and went to remove the hose from the faucet. Yep. Broke it. span870, I just gotta ask. What did you replace the air in the hoses with? |
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